Fall Football Camp Feature: Shannon Dawson

Aug. 22, 2017HATTIESBURG, Miss. - What a difference a year makes.

When Southern Miss offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson came to Hattiesburg prior to the 2016 campaign, he was greeted with a quarterback that had started for three years and on the verge of breaking many of the school’s offensive passing record.

Fast forward to this August and Dawson now finds himself with two quality quarterbacks that have been battling since last spring to win the starting job this fall. That competitive and friendly battle features junior Kwadra Griggs (Greenwood, Miss.), and sophomore Keon Howard (Laurel, Miss.), who was called upon to step in when then starter Nick Mullens went down with a late-season injury.